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In this episode, we talk about reforms of the nineteenth century, as well as the Industrial Revolution and the Jacksonian democracy and how they have changed present day America. Works Cited“Bessemer Process | Metallurgy.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 20 June 2016, www.britannica.com/technology/Bessemer-process.Britannica. “Spinning Jenny | Textiles.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 Nov. 2016, www.britannica.com/technology/spinning-jenny.Byttebier, S. “The Photo Essay | Teaching Digital Multimedia Expression.” Sites.bu.edu, sites.bu.edu/dme/photo-essays/.duncan1890. “Getty Images.” Gettyimages.com, 2026, www.gettyimages.com/search/2/image?phrase=womens%20suffrage&sort=mostpopular&license=rf. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. “Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor :: History and Culture.” Eriecanalway.org, 2024, eriecanalway.org/learn/history-culture.Grantham, George . “Help Us to Win the Vote.” Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, 29 Dec. 1914, www.loc.gov/item/97500240/.History. “Cotton Gin and Eli Whitney.” History, 4 Feb. 2010, www.history.com/articles/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney.HISTORY.com. “Labor Movement - America, Reform & Timeline | HISTORY.” HISTORY, 29 Oct. 2009, www.history.com/articles/labor.History.com Editors. “Jacksonian Democracy - Definition, Summary & Significance | HISTORY.” HISTORY, 4 Apr. 2012, www.history.com/articles/jacksonian-democracy.---. “Transcontinental Railroad Completed, Unifying United States | May 10, 1869 | HISTORY.” HISTORY, 24 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/May-10/transcontinental-railroad-completed.“Labor Battles in the Gilded Age (Article).” Khan Academy, www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-6/apush-labor-in-the-gilded-age-lesson/a/labor-battles-in-the-gilded-age.Longfellow, Rickie. “The National Road | FHWA.” Highways.dot.gov, 30 June 2023, highways.dot.gov/highway-history/general-highway-history/back-time/national-road.Lowell, Mailing Address: 67 Kirk Street, and MA 01852 Phone: 978 970-5000 Contact Us. “The Boarding Houses - Lowell National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service).” Www.nps.gov, 11 Oct. 2023, www.nps.gov/lowe/learn/historyculture/the-boarding-houses.htm.PBS. “Labor Wars in the U.S. | American Experience | PBS.” Pbs.org, 2020, www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/theminewars-labor-wars-us/.Petruzzello, Melissa . “Cotton Gin | Machine.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 28 July 2016, www.britannica.com/technology/cotton-gin.Ray, Michael. “Steamboat | Vessel.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 Aug. 2016, www.britannica.com/technology/steamboat.Rebecca Beatrice Brooks. “What Was the Lowell System?” History of Massachusetts, 30 July 2018, historyofmassachusetts.org/lowell-mills-factory-system/.Striking Women. “Working Hours | Striking Women.” Striking-Women.org, 2013, www.striking-women.org/module/workplace-issues-past-and-present/working-hours.The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Industrial Revolution Causes and Effects.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Sept. 2020, www.britannica.com/summary/Industrial-Revolution-Causes-and-Effects.Wilkinson, Freddie. “Industrialization, Labor, and Life.” National Geographic, 15 Nov. 2024, education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/industrialization-labor-and-life/.